Results for "water"

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Energy Efficient Thermal Systems

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Keywords: cooling, dehumidification, buildings, HVAC

Motivation: Cooling and ventilating buildings accounts for 10% of global electricity consumption. Greater portions of the…

Atmospheric Water Harvesting

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Keywords: refrigeration, water sustainability, techno-economic analysis, field data collection

Motivation: Nearly 2/3 of the world population experiences water scarcity for at…

Fishes of Texas

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The Fishes of Texas Project (http://www.fishesoftexas.org) has compiled, and continues to expand and refine, a large database of museum specimen-based records of the the…

Faculty

Sheila Olmstead

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LBJ School of Public Affairs
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Environmental externalities associated with unconventional oil and gas development in the United States, information disclosure and regulatory avoidance under the U.S. Safe Drinking Water Act, water marketing in the…

Charles Werth

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Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering
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Reactive transport and fate of pollutants in water resources, including groundwater and urban lakes, and the development of sustainable technologies for pollution removal from impacted waters.